Harold Dean “Jody” Taylor, who with Jude Northcutt formed the “Jude ’n’ Jody” country music duo, died Saturday at his home in Lexington, according to The Oklahoman Staff Reports. He was 74.

“Jude ’n’ Jody” began as a musical act in 1954, playing local music venues, dances and parties around central Oklahoma. The pair went on to own a furniture store in Oklahoma City, famous for its slogan “We Love Folks,” and had a long-running country and western TV show in the 1960s and ’70s.

“We started doing shows together, just out in places…

Oklahoma native and country music superstar Carrie Underwood performs at Sunday night’s 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles. (Associated Press photos)

The fan-voted 2009 American Music Awards took place Sunday night in Los Angeles, with the late Michael Jackson and country music starlet Taylor Swift emerging as the show’s big winners. The cross-genre show also featured more than a dozen performances, including ones from Carrie Underwood, Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert, Rihanna, Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson.

Here are some photos from the awards show:

Rascal Flatts, which includes Joe Don Rooney…

Rascal Flatts accepts the award for favorite country band, duo or group title during Sunday’s American Music Awards in Los Angeles. (Associated Press photos)

Michael Jackson won a record four posthumous awards at Sunday night’s American Music Awards, while country starlet Taylor Swift won five trophies, including the top award, entertainer of the year.

The 19-year-old country music star was named the year’s favorite artist, giving Jackson his only loss of the night, according to the Associated Press. She also was awarded favorite female pop/rock artist, favorite female country artists, favorite country album…

The RiffTrax team is, from left, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett and Michael J. Nelson.

The RiffTrax team of Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett will bring a Christmas rendition of their bad-movie-directed quips back to theaters this holiday season – and special guest “Weird Al” Yankovic will join them.

“RiffTrax LIVE: Christmas Shorts-Stravaganza!” will be broadcast to movie theaters nationwide at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16. The performance will be recorded for an encore event Thursday, Dec. 17.

Former “Mystery Science Theater 3000″ stars Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo)…

Rascal Flatts (Associated Press photos)

Country band Rascal Flatts, which includes Joe Don Rooney of Picher, will perform a 30-minute acoustic concert this afternoon in Huntingdon, W.Va., that will be taped for “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.”

According to CMT.com, the episode of the celebrity chef’s TV show featuring Rascal Flatts is expected to air on ABC in February.

The trio’s free performance will take place at the Keith-Albee Theatre during a food festival in downtown Huntingdon featuring 30 local food vendors.

-BAM

OSU’s third-string quarterback Brandon Weeden led the Pokes to a 31-28 victory Thursday night over the Colorado Buffaloes in Stillwater. (Photo by Nate Billings/The Oklahoman)

It’s going to be a slow football season Saturday at the BAM household today.

My No. 12-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys already played their game for the week, with third-string quarterback Brandon Weeden leading the Pokes to a 31-28 victory Thursday night over the Colorado Buffaloes in Stillwater.

The Oklahoma Sooners will play the Texas Tech Red Raiders at 11:30 a.m. today in Lubbock, Texas. The game will air…

Oklahoma native and country music star Reba McEntire will perform during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday in New York City, according to CMT.com.

McEntire will be part of diverse lineup of performers at the parade; others include fellow country star Billy Currington, Italian crooner Andrea Bocelli, “You’re So Vain” songbird Carly Simon, “American Idol” finalist Katharine McPhee, rock band Boys Like Girls, “I Will Survive” singer Gloria Gaynor and Jimmy Fallon and his late-night band The Roots. Naturally, there will be giant balloons of characters such as Buzz Lightyear, Dora…

Jason Segel (Associated Press photo)

Swell Season

Comic actor Jason Segel made a surprise appearance Wednesday at the Swell Season’s Los Angeles show, and not surprisingly, hilarity ensued.

Segal performed an original song at the show, claiming the Swell Season’s Marketa Irglova had given him the songwriting advice to make his song as personal as possible. So, he crooned a little ditty offering his personal phone number to any available ladies in the audience.

The song also referenced his infamous nude scene in the movie “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and his sweet-natured character on the…

Lady Antebellum won single of the year for “I Run to You” and vocal group of year at last week’s CMA Awards. (Associated Press photos)

Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum are enjoying their biggest sales week ever – even after an astounding 83 weeks on the Billboard country albums chart.

The group sold 45,228 albums this week (a 130 percent increase from last week) beating their self-titled platinum-selling debut album street week number of 43,384 albums sold.

After the group’s passionate CMA Awards performance of “Need You Now,” their…

OSU linebacker Patrick Lavine, left, returns an interception for a touchdown in the Cowboys’ win over Texas Tech on Saturday. (Photo by Sarah Phipps/The Oklahoman)

My Oklahoma State University Cowboys will play the Colorado Buffaloes at 6:30 tonight at Stillwater’s Boone Pickens Stadium. The game will air on ESPN.

It will be Senior Night for the OSU football team, which is ranked No. 12 in both the BCS standings and Associated Press poll. The team includes 22 seniors, including playmakers Zac Robinson, Russell Okung, Andre Sexton, Patrick Lavine, Keith Toston, Andrew Lewis, Perrish Cox and Brady…